This is Truth in Television as "Incoming!" is the traditional warning call for artillery shelling about to hit a unit's area. Since this is often the deadliest form of attack, the soldiers definitely have to find cover.

Not to be confused with the 1998 game of the same name by Rage Software.

Babylon 5 had more than a few during the various space battles, but the prequel movie In The Beginning had the best textbook example, when a building our heroes were in was about to be attackedfrom orbit.

A handy feature of Armored Warfare, giving you about three seconds' warning of the nasty artillery or missile surprise you're about to receive.

Whenever a grenade is tossed at the party in X-Men Legends, a random character in said party shouts their variation on "Incoming!" (Wolverine: "WE'VE GOT INCOMING!", Nightcrawler: "Mein Gott! Incoming!", etc.)

"Mission Accomplished" - after episodes of trying and failing to convince the Elite Guard that there are still Decepticons on Earth, Optimus is asked if he has anything to say for himself. Cue Megatron blasting Starscream out of the air and right into their laps.

In the US Army, you do not say "grenade" unless you mean (specifically) someone has thrown a grenade in your general direction and everyone near you had better join you in rapidly getting the hell away from it. When throwing a grenade, you yell "frag out." These are both very important since the kill radius of a modern hand grenade in the open is usually about five yards, and they can wound well past that.

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